About Us

 

The True Voice English Coaching Team

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Why Trust Us With Your English?

Art Schools and individual creatives and makers – you can never buy a pre-made course from True Voice English, instead, you get personalised solutions, wrapped in an interesting practice-led journey, with memorable, sustainable English acquisition as our goal.

This page shares the expertise we build upon.

Find here the biography of Jennie Reed and Ruth Pringle, True Voice English co-founders.

We have a small core team of amazing creatives who help develop your English for Creative Careers. 

As we gain artist partners, we will add them to the directory. (We match you with conversation partners at different points in your course).

True Voice Founders

Ruth Pringle – Biography

Ruth Pringle holds a BA (Hons) in Drawing and Painting, an MFA in Studio Arts, and an MA-equivalent in Art History. She has 15 years of experience delivering English language training.

She began teaching at Southern Illinois University (SIU), delivering undergraduate courses in drawing, foundations, and art history, completing a rigorous teaching certification for graduate-level courses.

After moving to Belgium and then France, Ruth worked for commercial language schools, delivering large-scale language training contracts to government agencies and Nike France. She later combined her art background with ELT expertise to teach English at Art, Design and Architecture schools (undergrad & post-grad).

Back in Scotland, Ruth launched Blue Noun in 2019, offering immersive language learning through real-life practice in local communities.

Jennie Reed – Biography

Jennie moved to Italy in 2010, after earning her BA in German and Italian, where she completed a 4-week CertTESOL and began her teaching career.

She gained experience working with leading companies in Turin, including Fiat, Intesa San Paolo and ENI.

After two years, Jennie relocated to Germany, where she continued teaching English at language schools and businesses such as E.ON, SIXT and the University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

In 2013, Jennie returned to the UK permanently and continued working in private language schools, initially in Abergele, North Wales, then in Edinburgh, Scotland.

In 2019 Jennie earned her Diploma in TESOL with TESOL Training Scotland, which sparked a passion for integrating pronunciation into her lessons to achieve improved results for her learners.

In 2020, Jennie founded her own online language teaching business, Excellence in English Education, focussing on helping non-native teachers build confidence in using English in the classroom, with a focus on pronunciation and effective classroom communication.

In 2024 Jennie became a certified Neurolanguage Coach, enhancing her ability to guide her learners in setting personalised goals, leveraging neuroscience and applying coaching techniques for greater success. 

Step inside Scottish Artist’s Studios – Virtually

Perthshire is a hotbed of contemporary & traditional arts and crafts (it recently became the UK’s only UNESCO world heritage site for crafts).

Local artists are guest lecturers & collaborators supporting all our courses for English for Creative Careers.

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Artist Lisa Scrimgeour in her Perthshire studio

Art & Design Partners

Barry Allen Scott Painter | Sculptor

Barry is a figurative and landscape painter based in Perthshire with experience as an art school lecturer in Maryland, USA.

Expert at techniques in painting and sculpture, he’s also a great person to chew over concepts with.

Ceri White | Ceramicist

Ceri is a ceramicist making pots and plant stands in her WASPS studio, in Perthshire.

Jon Bishop | Illustrator

Jon is AKA The Grey Earl  is a full-time illustrator, creating artwork for children’s picture books and producing his own ranges of greetings cards with a distinct sense of humour that appeal to both children and adults alike. 

English Teaching Partners

Rhiannon Carter | Confidence Coach

Rhiannon is a mindset coach for Advanced language learners.

I work collaboratively with you to identify exactly what is going on in these moments of struggle – what thoughts and beliefs are in control? what’s happening in your body when you feel uncomfortable in English? – and together we build new responses, ones which actually get your closer to where you want to be.” More about Rhiannon. 

Get the Best of English Language Teaching

There are superb English language teachers and coaches around the world – and we know how to find them.

As well as having a lead ELT consultant planning your course,  our language teaching network will add a pinch of their expertise to your leaning, matching your language needs with the very best person to help you.  

Industry Support

for True Voice English

Language Teaching Methodology

Our speciality, Real World English came in at number 7 on the British Council list of 10 Trends & Innovations in ELT, 2024.

In fact, we use 8/10 of the methods identified on this list.

Why does this matter?

English language tuition is changing, and we are leading the way…

British Council Identified Trends & Innovations in ELT